fernandopartridge
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That's what I meant about hoovering up
Not true. It’s also about giving contracts to Tory party donors and family members.
It's a very Johnson approach, idealism and superficial sparkle, without any clue as to how to actually do it.Every single plan is about a headline grabbing initiative which usually involves hoovering up a lot of government spending for no return. Instead of megalabs why not bolster the existing lab capacity in order to provide long term resilience?
The days up to the 13th in Cov is 33 per 100k which used to be considered high but is in fact fuck all compared to some places. Which tells you the shitshow the country is in right now.
Pretty much.
We're currently fucking up a generations life chances, killing the economy & dividing society all over a virus that is pretty harmless to most & can be killed with soap & water.
What a fucking mess.
We were lucky Ebola didn't break out. Now *that* would have been an issue...Doesn't bear thinking about if a proper modern-day black death reared its head.
They'll all be clamouring for a covid test now. It'll take most of them well beyond 14 days to get a test and by the time they get a test they'll all test negative and won't ever know if they've had it.Yep...Liverpool has now gone over the 100 mark...and it appears the whole of the north-west is there or thereabouts.
My kids school just sent home the whole of year 5 as one child had a positive test.......seems fucking barmy to me as year 5s have siblings across every year group.
A totally unworkable solution.
What a fucking mess.
Yeah...I’m starting to think we learned the grand total of fuck all from the first wave. It’s true what they say. If you vote in a clown you get the circus.
Off the scale but at least some truth
Up To 750,000 Covid Test Requests Going Unanswered EVERY Day
The NHS Test and Trace chief is under fire after saying the September surge in demand was “unexpected”.m.huffingtonpost.co.uk
I just don't understand what the Nightingale is for. My understanding from colleagues who worked on it was that it was for step down care for people coming out of hospital. This just suggests it was a complete gimmick.
Crazy shit. Also heard Harding say earlier that they slowed the turn around time down on tests so they can process more tests. I don't get how that makes sense.
I heard on the radio this morning that people that have died from this without underlying health conditions is 307 since February.
If that is true then what the fuck is this all about?
That’s the thing that I’m getting fed up with. It doesn’t seem to kill anyone (relative) that’s not got underlying health issues.
Why the fuck are we going into another lockdown?
I'd count as having an underlying health condition, but would otherwise be seen as healthy. It's an underlying health condition that's not visible or obvious, wouldn't have me shielded or kept off work, but would otherwise be a tick in a box.
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That's what it's about.
I heard on the radio this morning that people that have died from this without underlying health conditions is 307 since February.
If that is true then what the fuck is this all about?
Yeah...
Believe it or not, if Government sold me what Grendel, Brighton, Steve are all saying, and showed me a coherent plan and what they were wanting to get out of it, I'd buy into it.
They're not, though. It really is like we expected it to just go away and they wouldn't have to do any planning, and learn from what they did last time. First time around is excusable (nobody knew!) second time though?
Objectively, it's likely you'd be OK. Objectively, it's nature saying we're over populated and doing something about it.I'm seeing a lot of this- "it ain't gonna kill me so why the fuck should I listen, fuck covid and lets crack on" Its like nobody was watching or listening last time, its just about to be let loose in care homes again too, who wants to take a chance on infecting someone working in one of those places? I'd like to think its not all callousness or selfishness, so why don't people get what is happening outside their front door?
Matt Hancock was pretty good on radio 4. Clearly said minimise spread, safeguard vulnerable members of community, test and trace, etc etcObjectively, it's likely you'd be OK. Objectively, it's nature saying we're over populated and doing something about it.
There is, certainly, an argument for letting it do its thing... but in doing that, you'd have to acknowledge there'd be a lorra lorra deaths.
If it’s your kids school I’d be challenging being sent home with a positive test in the year and no symptoms it’s not advised by public health England and for the reason you say isn’t following test and trace process either. Those in close contact need to be asked to self isolate but if kids in the same house but in a different year aren’t being sent home the neither should the whole year be sent home for 2 weeksI'm still fuming over the farcical schools situation. Over 100 hundred schools in the north-west alone have now sent full cohorts home just because of a single case......if we carry on like this, all schools will be effectively closed before half-term.
its a fucking joke.
If a kid tests positive, isolate the kid & let the rest of them remain in school.
The virus is circulating freely in all environments anyhow....approx. 60% of all people (even higher in the younger population) will never even know they got it.....so disrupting kids education & their families & wider communities lives for every single case is just plain dumb IMHO.
Its causing way more harm than good.
1. Have you seen the scope of 'underlying health conditions'? it's massive and includes a big 'other' group which is the non obvious stuff.
2. Do people with underlying health conditions not matter?
I'm seeing a lot of this- "it ain't gonna kill me so why the fuck should I listen, fuck covid and lets crack on" Its like nobody was watching or listening last time, its just about to be let loose in care homes again too, who wants to take a chance on infecting someone working in one of those places? I'd like to think its not all callousness or selfishness, so why don't people get what is happening outside their front door?
Well, you can stop being so dramatic with point number two. In fact, I'm not even going to answer that it is such a ridiculous thing to say.
It is completely irrelevant what the scope is. The fact is, anyone that is completely healthy has to have a test to see if they have the killer virus, and it has killed 300 odd people in 7 months indicates to me that there is something not quite right.
All I did was point out what I had heard, which actually wasn't even disputed by anyone.
Well, you can stop being so dramatic with point number two. In fact, I'm not even going to answer that it is such a ridiculous thing to say.
It is completely irrelevant what the scope is. The fact is, anyone that is completely healthy has to have a test to see if they have the killer virus, and it has killed 300 odd people in 7 months indicates to me that there is something not quite right.
All I did was point out what I had heard, which actually wasn't even disputed by anyone.
Of course it's relevant, if the scope is so broad that it includes 50% of the population then the 307 number is utterly meaningless. Why are epidemiologists so nervous about it? Why are critical care consultants so worried about it?
As far as I can see, literally no one on this thread has displayed that attitude.
I do see on places such as twitter, people being obnoxious about this. But if they were being honest with us and said, you are at almost no risk, but people who have certain health conditions are, so please be considerate of them, you would probably find more of those twerps would listen.
If it is true, and only 307 'healthy' people have died then that is extremely far from the notions that have been put out.
Matt Hancock was pretty good on radio 4. Clearly said minimise spread, safeguard vulnerable members of community, test and trace, etc etc
The questioner was really good about saying we just need a plan and we need to stick to it
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